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Day: April 29, 2013

The Critical Path #82: Adding Rows

The Apple Q1 financial performance review with a short look at the impact of warranties on gross margins. The growth question: why financial analysis cannot offer insights into new product creation, and why makers of things think different. Finally, a new installment into Asymcar: why the process of car making is over-integrated, over-serving, and over-concentrated.

5by5 | The Critical Path #82: Adding Rows.

 

Happy Birthday iTunes Store

iTunes (including software and services) revenues in Q1 topped $4 billion and were 30% higher than (re-stated) 2012 Q1 revenues. Accompanying this revenue figure were additional data points from the company:

  • Cumulative app downloads have surpassed 45 billion
  • Payments to developers reached a cumulative total of $9 billion
  • Payments to developers were $4.5 billion in most recent four quarters
  • Now paying $1 billion to developers every quarter
  • 800 apps are downloaded every second
  • iOS app revenues doubled since year-ago quarter
  • App Store accounted for 74% of all app sales in the quarter (citing Canalys)
  • App stores reach customers in 155 countries (850k Apps, 350k iPad apps)
  • iTunes music downloads are available in 119 countries (35 million songs)
  • Movies are sold in 109 countries (60k titles)
  • iBookstore is available in 155 countries (1.75 million titles)

This data allows for a few inferences: Continue reading “Happy Birthday iTunes Store”